The Shoreham

Most people don't think of midtown Manhattan as a place to chill out—but don't tell the Shoreham, a 177-room hotel that resembles a chic spa retreat. The ground floor bar (whose menu includes a Cosmollini, a South Beachtini, and other flavored-vodka-and-fruit-juice concoctions) bursts with tropical colors—lime-green vinyl-upholstered seats, rippling swatches of teal silk encased in glass—and a flute of champagne is offered to guests at check-in. Whitewashed rooms, separated from Italian-marble bathrooms by milk-glass doors, have suede wall panels, illuminated headboards, and cushy pillow-top mattresses. The swanky Atrium Loft contains what the front desk claims is (at 40 square feet, with room for six) the largest hotel hot tub in the city.

The Shoreham

Most people don't think of midtown Manhattan as a place to chill out—but don't tell the Shoreham, a 177-room hotel that resembles a chic spa retreat. The ground floor bar (whose menu includes a Cosmollini, a South Beachtini, and other flavored-vodka-and-fruit-juice concoctions) bursts with tropical colors—lime-green vinyl-upholstered seats, rippling swatches of teal silk encased in glass—and a flute of champagne is offered to guests at check-in. Whitewashed rooms, separated from Italian-marble bathrooms by milk-glass doors, have suede wall panels, illuminated headboards, and cushy pillow-top mattresses. The swanky Atrium Loft contains what the front desk claims is (at 40 square feet, with room for six) the largest hotel hot tub in the city.